Assembly Bill A179

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to suspend a person's driver's license subject to an outstanding warrant of arrest, bench warrant or superior court warrant

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

2017-A179 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Add §510-e, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A971
2011-2012: A1190
2013-2014: A116
2015-2016: A473
2019-2020: A2949

2017-A179 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of motor vehicles to suspend a person's driver's license subject to an outstanding warrant of arrest, bench warrant or superior court warrant of arrest; directs commissioner to develop a program and procedure for the implementation of such suspension; provides that a person shall receive notice that the license shall be suspended and further allows a person to restore such license upon the person furnishing sufficient proof that the warrant has been recalled or fails to exist.

2017-A179 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    179
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  authorizing
   the  commissioner  of  motor  vehicles  to suspend a person's driver's
   license subject to an outstanding warrant of arrest, bench warrant  or
   superior court warrant of arrest
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 510-e to read as follows:
   §  510-E.  SUSPENSION OF LICENSES SUBJECT TO AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT OF
 ARREST. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE  COMMISSIONER
 OR  THE  COMMISSIONER'S AGENT SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO REVOKE THE LICENSE
 TO DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE OR MOTORCYCLE OF  ANY  PERSON  AGAINST  WHOM  A
 WARRANT  OF ARREST, BENCH WARRANT OR SUPERIOR COURT WARRANT OF ARREST IS
 OUTSTANDING.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER IS DIRECTED TO DEVELOP AND ESTABLISH A PROGRAM AND
 PROCEDURE WHICH WILL ALLOW THE IMMEDIATE DENIAL OF A LICENSE  BECAUSE  A
 PERSON  HAS  AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT OF ARREST, BENCH WARRANT OR SUPERIOR
 COURT WARRANT OF ARREST. SUCH A PROGRAM SHALL  BE  DESIGNED  IN  SUCH  A
 MANNER  THAT  UPON FILING AN APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE, THE LICENSE WILL
 BE DENIED TO SUCH PERSON OR WHERE A LICENSE HAS BEEN GRANTED, THE  RIGHT
 THERETO  SHALL BE SUSPENDED UPON NOTICE THAT SUCH AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT
 IN FACT EXISTS. AS PART OF SUCH PROGRAM THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
 SERVICES SHALL EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY  OF  PROVIDING  GENERAL  COMPUTER
 ACCESS TO ALL OUTSTANDING WARRANTS OF ARREST.
   3.  A  PERSON SHALL RECEIVE NOTICE THAT THE LICENSE SHALL BE SUSPENDED
 IN NINETY  DAYS  DUE  TO  AN  OUTSTANDING  WARRANT  UNLESS  SUCH  PERSON
 FURNISHES  PROOF TO THE COMMISSIONER THAT SUCH WARRANT HAS BEEN RECALLED
 OR FAILS TO EXIST.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.